Travels in a Tin Can

we should have scheduled in more time to visit the park and began planning
to return on another trip to the U.S.
Fortunately the rain that had plagued us for the last couple of days held
off for most of the day and we were able to fit in several walks before it got
dark. Unfortunately, we had taken public transport, a special coach, into the
park because we were concerned that snow on the roads - and our lack of
snow-chains - would stop us from driving Harvey in. This meant we were
forced to leave the park earlier than we might have liked, in order to get the
last bus back to our campsite. Still, we got a taste for the park and a sense of
how it must look different depending on the time of year. When we visited
there was very little water in the waterfalls or lakes, the best time to see these
being late spring when the snow on the mountains is melting.
One real advantage of visiting in December however was that the park
was almost deserted making hiking the trails more remote and exciting. In
fact, our last walk in Yosemite was almost too exciting. Rushing back to Curry
Village (don’t ask, I don’t know) in order to catch the last bus out of the park
we saw three mule deer just off the path. We stood and watched them for
several minutes, taking photographs and cooing. We later found out that we
should not have been so complacent. Apparently the docile looking deer
account for the highest number of attacks on humans than any other animals
in the park, including the mountain lions! This is probably because people are
more likely to approach a deer than a mountain lion.... or maybe they are just
a bit blood-crazy? Whatever the reason there are no Bambies here!
Fortunately we had kept to the path.